PM Narendra Modi in his speech while addressing the Rail Vikas Shivir at Surajkund via video conferencing laid out his vision for the Indian Railways today.

PM Narendra Modi in his speech while addressing the Rail Vikas Shivir at Surajkund via video conferencing laid out his vision for the Indian Railways today. Among the foremost of these were plans to ensure the Railways take the mantra of ‘gati’ (speed) and ‘pragati’ (development) to heart. He also said that the lineage between him and the Railways goes a long way back saying, “My childhood was spent on rail platforms. That is all the more reason I want to transform railways.” Here is what PM Modi said at the event: